Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

28 reviews

lbarnhill3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was fantastic!! If not for the voice actor’s performance, I would have given this 5 stars. 

I found the voice actor’s voice to be quite whiny and nasal. I feel there could have been a bit more effort in vocally differentiating the characters during the performance. But again, just my opinion. 

The story was great! I was only slightly off on who I suspected the killer to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bryelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love that these books always have a twist at the end that you are not expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder

sarahl0726's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty

mtstjk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! 

Me thinking I got a Freida book figured out is so laughable. I picked out a person in the beginning & halfway through & neither were it. This is a HIGHLY underrated Freida McFadden book. This one kept me from putting it down at almost every chapter, I felt like I just had to get to the bottom of it with all the twists & turns! I thought the more of her books I read, the easier it would be to pick out the culprit early on, jokes on me though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Animal death

aya09x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Suicide, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Car accident

waterbear0821's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a quick and fun read - as fun as a book can be with serial killers and mutilations. I don’t read many thrillers but this was engaging and I did not predict the ending, which I think is what you’re going for with a thriller. The main character did feel a little flat, but I get that was part of her character. The writing was competent and allowed me to get pulled into the story. It wasn’t particular complicated or nuanced but it was well-structured and every element built the mystery. And for anyone worried, the cat is fine!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Car accident, Murder, and Blood

sleeping_unicorn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lord_trashcan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Not bad, but I wasn’t happy with it. Yelling at the MC for most of the book. Dragged on at some parts — I skimmed past a few chapters. Unexpected twist though! I did not like the RI —he felt manipulative and boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Blood, Body shaming, and Stalking

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Bullying

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident and Suicide